Re: No carbs in the evening?

May 13, 2005

I have heard many people have success when they stop eating carbs after

8pm. That does not mean they can't eat anything. For example a salad

with leafy greens, tomato and celery with olive oil & lemon juice and

even a broiled chicken breast on top.

I have mixed results when not carbing for the night. Sometimes I sleep

through the night without carbs. Other times my body hits a sugar low

that wakes me up in the middle of the night. I would think whether to

carb at night would be a key consideration if you work out first thing

in the morning.

Bill book recommends 6 meals a day with a portion of protein

and a portion of carbs and at least 2 servings of veggies a day. If

this is your first or 2nd challenge, I would not veer from having a

carb portion at all 6 meals. Gets your metabolism up and gives your

muscles energy to store.

Jeff

May 13, 2005

I have heard many people have success when they stop eating carbs after

8pm. That does not mean they can't eat anything. For example a salad

with leafy greens, tomato and celery with olive oil & lemon juice and

even a broiled chicken breast on top.

I have mixed results when not carbing for the night. Sometimes I sleep

through the night without carbs. Other times my body hits a sugar low

that wakes me up in the middle of the night. I would think whether to

carb at night would be a key consideration if you work out first thing

in the morning.

Bill book recommends 6 meals a day with a portion of protein

and a portion of carbs and at least 2 servings of veggies a day. If

this is your first or 2nd challenge, I would not veer from having a

carb portion at all 6 meals. Gets your metabolism up and gives your

muscles energy to store.

Jeff

May 13, 2005

I have heard many people have success when they stop eating carbs after

8pm. That does not mean they can't eat anything. For example a salad

with leafy greens, tomato and celery with olive oil & lemon juice and

even a broiled chicken breast on top.

I have mixed results when not carbing for the night. Sometimes I sleep

through the night without carbs. Other times my body hits a sugar low

that wakes me up in the middle of the night. I would think whether to

carb at night would be a key consideration if you work out first thing

in the morning.

Bill book recommends 6 meals a day with a portion of protein

and a portion of carbs and at least 2 servings of veggies a day. If

this is your first or 2nd challenge, I would not veer from having a

carb portion at all 6 meals. Gets your metabolism up and gives your

muscles energy to store.

Jeff

May 15, 2005

This is one of my pet peeves that people just don't pay attention too.

Unless people ingest pure sure at the end of the evening as one of

their meals, the only reason why weight loss occurs is because of

cutting calories. Say your last meal of the night is 500 calories, but

you decide to cut out the carbs and you're left with 250 calories over

the next month that's a good 2lbs of weight lost. Also the other

arguement about eating past x:pm can make you fat is a bunch of

garbage too because 1)You do a heck of a lot more moving when sleeping

than if you sit your butt in a chair for 8 hours doing nothing. Reason

number 2) People always ate their biggest meal at night. Heck I

remember growing up having a bowl of cereal for breakfast, lunch I'd

have a sandwhich with a snack and something to drink, dinner and

desert were the big meals.

Poing being, keep your meals all simple and balanced throughout the

day, and it doesn't matter what time of day you eat your last meal.

Matt

May 15, 2005

Right on, Matt! Many people sit around and eat a bunch of junk at

night like chips and cookies. I think that's where this myth come

from. If you are following BFL nutrition, you won't be eating this

and you'll need that late meal to feed and repair your muscles

throughout the night.

Andy

> This is one of my pet peeves that people just don't pay attention too.

> Unless people ingest pure sure at the end of the evening as one of

> their meals, the only reason why weight loss occurs is because of

> cutting calories. Say your last meal of the night is 500 calories, but

> you decide to cut out the carbs and you're left with 250 calories over

> the next month that's a good 2lbs of weight lost. Also the other

> arguement about eating past x:pm can make you fat is a bunch of

> garbage too because 1)You do a heck of a lot more moving when sleeping

> than if you sit your butt in a chair for 8 hours doing nothing. Reason

> number 2) People always ate their biggest meal at night. Heck I

> remember growing up having a bowl of cereal for breakfast, lunch I'd

> have a sandwhich with a snack and something to drink, dinner and

> desert were the big meals.

>

> Poing being, keep your meals all simple and balanced throughout the

> day, and it doesn't matter what time of day you eat your last meal.

>

> Matt

May 16, 2005

Wow! What team do you play for? Are you the new quarterback for the Dallas

Cowboys!

Go Eagles

Matt

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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 21:41:17 +0000

From: mdmoiselle@...

Subject: Re: Re: No carbs in the evening?

A trainer I know says one should start the day with carbs (such as

oatmeal) as it is brain food and then cut them out in the

afternoon/evenings for fat loss. Considering she trains major sports teams I've

taken

her advice to heart!

Regards,

The only thing that counts is winning, and if something goes wrong I get

furious. - Lance Armstrong at 17 years old

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May 21, 2005

Matt,

I understand your point, but, have been thinking more about this, too.

I know there are countless studies that suggest our bodies need

specific nutrients throughout the day, but is there a way to match up

the appropriate calorie consumption to what the body needs at a certain

time? Is there an eating pattern, like consuming higher amounts of

protein (to help with anabolic activity), that can trigger better

reactions? ...Like higher metabolism, less catabolic activity, more

energy, better nutrition, etc, etc?

For example, how many of us follow the cardio & one hour wait rules (or

try to follow it, anyhow)? If a calorie is a calorie, why would it

matter that a meal is ingested an hour after the metabolism is done

being stoked rather than immediately following the workout? By the way,

I do follow (or try to follow) that rule because I believe there is some

useful method to the timing and type of calories consumed. I, myself,

don't know what all these rules of timing and better metabolism

reactions, but, I would imagine there are more than this one that I

could employ to allow my body to better synthesize my nutrients.

I would like to hear more of the old wives tales to see just how many

can be credible or discredited by those that have tried them in this

group. Kind of like hosting our own little (maybe big) BFL research

discussion. I'm up for it. ...Anyone else?

Matt wrote: